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It seems like most readers of Austen only get the shallow romance level. What I appreciate about Austen is the deeper level of what society expects that holds her characters back from doing that which they need to do. An older a more mature Anne being reunited socially with a long, lost love. Lost because his prospects were not good. His prospects have changed for the better, but has the society she respected? Tortuous angst. My favorite Austen.
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This was so complete a discription of The Phantom's life that you totally understand every thing about him from the Lloyd-Weber movie/broadway musical all the way back to the original book by Gaston LeRoux. Ms. Kay depicts his childhood with his mother, his life with the gypsies, training as a stonemason, favorite of East Indian court, architect and craftsman of the Paris Opera house, finding and training Christine then falling in love with his creation. Very engrossing and emotionally compelling, complete with plot twists that keep you suspended in The Phantom's spell!
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Persuasion (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
wearingpurple, June 21, 2008
It seems like most readers of Austen only get the shallow romance level. What I appreciate about Austen is the deeper level of what society expects that holds her characters back from doing that which they need to do. An older a more mature Anne being reunited socially with a long, lost love. Lost because his prospects were not good. His prospects have changed for the better, but has the society she respected? Tortuous angst. My favorite Austen.(2 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)
Phantom by Susan Kay
wearingpurple, June 11, 2008
This was so complete a discription of The Phantom's life that you totally understand every thing about him from the Lloyd-Weber movie/broadway musical all the way back to the original book by Gaston LeRoux. Ms. Kay depicts his childhood with his mother, his life with the gypsies, training as a stonemason, favorite of East Indian court, architect and craftsman of the Paris Opera house, finding and training Christine then falling in love with his creation. Very engrossing and emotionally compelling, complete with plot twists that keep you suspended in The Phantom's spell!(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)